ConnextCare to offer dental services to the Oswego City School District

OSWEGO, N.Y. —

ConnextCare is locating the new school-based health center at the Frederick Leighton Elementary School. It will first be open for enrollment for those students at Leighton Elementary School and at the adjacent Oswego High School.

“The Oswego City School District is excited to partner with ConnextCare to bring in-school health services to our students,” Raymond Kilmer, superintendent of Oswego Schools, said in a ConnextCare news release. “This partnership will ensure our studentshave access to high quality health care.”

The school-based health center will be staffed by a dental hygienist, Holly Steffen, who is able to provide routine cleanings, take x-rays, administer fluoride treatments, and sealants as well as offer comprehensive oral health education. Services are scheduled to begin in February.

Families will need to complete an enrollment form to register children for dental services. Those interested can find enrollment forms on the ConnextCare website atwww.connextcare.org/schoolbased, at the school’s main offices, or any mainConnextCare location.

ConnextCare operates health centers in Central Square, Fulton, Mexico, Oswego, Parish, Phoenix, and Pulaski. It also runs eight school-based health centers located in the APW, Mexico, Pulaski, Fulton and Sandy Creek school districts.